Second Degree Masonic Tracing Board

This artwork is a modern representation of the Second Degree Masonic Tracing Boards of old. It is filled with metaphor and symbolism, fluent to all Fellow-Craft Masons.

A subtitle for the piece is:“Evolution of man is the alchemy of the spirit.”

Tracing boards were created as visual aids used to illustrate the meanings and principals of Freemasonry as taught within the degrees. Much of the symbolism is from the Western tradition, and has been adapted here for the modern mason.

In the image there are many symbolic and esoteric interpretations. With adapting this work, the most significant change is the positional change of the viewer, moving from an external passive position looking in upon a pastoral scene to a participatory one with the viewer actively engaged in the activity. This changing position positions the initiated as if within mirror from the reflector to the reflection. This movement inward becomes the focus of the degree, passive to active moving the self towards the divine.

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I am proud member of Dedicated Lodge #17 in Columbus, Ohio. This is a great work and is used for meditation and instruction.
Our lectures has been greatly increased with the images on the tracing board and can be used for those that has not been admitted into the Ground Floor if their eyes, heart, ears and spirit tuned to the chord of truth.